Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-07-02

Nj. E. church, Tuesday evening last,
before large and appreciative audi
ence For one hour and twenty min.
utes the venerable lecturer carried his
hearers through scenes blood curdling
and through incidents impressive and
pathetic. Though having passed in
age the scriptual limitation. he is still
an orator of force and ability. His
splendid deeds in favor of the Heather,
stand forth as living monuments OF his
christian fortitude, courage, and sacri-
fee. His name, waited from the hand
of the Montezumas to midas Coral
Strand, is household word in the
families that received their religious
impetus from the force of his example.
He risked his life, health and property,
in retaining many of the benighted
nations from the superstition and false
teaching of Mahomet, the reputed pro-
phet aud author of the Koran. DR..
Butler sailed from Boston in April,
1856, for India. His mission was to
plant the standard of religious freedom
among the Indian people, the want of
which, had SO often produced wars and
rebelions among the different tribes.
He arrived at Lucknow, India, in No.
vembel being the first missionary sent
out by the NJ. E. church. With full
power delegated him, by his American
brethren, he chose the valley of the
Ganges, in which to establish his mis-
sion field. This valley, the most fer
tile in the world, is $50 miles long and
almost as many broad, in whose con-
fines twenty millions of people bowed.
down to idols of wood and stone. Five
months after the arrival of DR.. Butler,
the Sepoy rebellion broke out, which
was aimed against the missionaries and
their converts. Mr.. Butler was the
only out of eighteen hundred that
escaped with his life. He labored in
their midst afterward for ten years /;
leaving the city of Roses in 1865, he
came to America. After recuperating
his health, he went to Mexico, which
country to-day honors and reveres him,
as father of Missions remaining there
for some time, he again took passage
for the United States, whence he sail
ed for India, which he reached in 1884,
IS years intervening since he last left
there. In 1856 no roads of any kind
were in existence. The mode of travel
was either by palanquin or elephant. A
wonderful contrast existed, on his ar
rival in 1884, $4,000 miles of railroad
had been built a complete Geographic
system girded the country the school
system was in successful operation a
native Theological Seminary was firmly
established. All this was produced in
IS years. One hundred and eighty
nine native ministers preach the gospel
to their own people 5000 christians
worship the true Messiah, and 10000
boys and girls attend Sunday School
regularly. Are not such results more
gratifying to the progenitor, than all
the wealth that Croesus could COM
mand? Yea, from mercenary view,
it pays to christianiZe nation. A
striking illustration the Rev. Mr. But
Ter addressed in favor of the argument,
was this: The revenue derived from
the Sandwich Islands, which were once
inhabited by cannibals, is zone hundred
times the cost of civilizing them.
4TH OF JULY.-Dinner at p. A.
Rohrbaugh's Lawn at 1870 a. m.
Parade will form at l:30 p. m. Ist.
Division, will form on King street,
right resting on Queen. End Divi-
sion on Burke street, right resting
on Queen. 3rd Division, Trades
Display, on Queen street. right rest
ing on Burke. Line of March will
be South on Queen to John, west on
John to Raleigh, north on Raleigh
to Martin, east on Martin to Queen,
north on Queen to Second, south on
| Second to Hoogie, south on Hoogie
to Liberty, east on Liberty to High,
south on High to Burke, west on
Burke to Water, north on Water to
Martin, west on Martin TO Queen,
south on Queen to Faulkner's Lawn.
There will be speaking in Faulkner's
Lawn at 4 o'clock p. m. The orator
of the day will be Thos. G. Weeks
Chief of the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics; who will be followed by
Hon. Holmes Conrad, of Winchester,
Va, and Mr.. Chas. b. Hart, of Wheel
ing. The address of welcome will be
delivered by Mr.. j. Nelson Wisner
of Martinsburg. Hon. W. H. III.
Flick will read the Declaration OF
Independence. The town and coun-
try have been thoroughly canvassed
n.